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Date:      Sun, 10 Nov 2013 10:35:16 +1030
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: cron(8) improvement
Message-ID:  <8034B822-F903-43D1-8BF6-DFAD7C22F5B0@gsoft.com.au>
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On 10 Nov 2013, at 24:24, Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> wrote:
>=20
>   2) Should ports / packages populate these cron.d directories?
>=20
>       This is a much more interesting question.  Effectively its =
asking
>       if a port / package should provide some level of automatic
>       configuration -- a thing that has previously been a no-no for
>       FreeBSD.

I think it would be OK if they installed entries in a disabled state.

ie either the file is named such that it is ignored by cron (preferable =
IMO) or the entries in them are commented out.

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